Why people recommend it
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari is a thought-provoking exploration of the most pressing challenges facing humanity today, spanning technological disruption, political polarization, and the future of consciousness. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan recommended the book, noting that he read it and found it to be great while discussing the onset of social media and its mental health impacts on young people. Later on the same podcast, Rogan brought up the title again when discussing how people plan on changing jobs in the future due to automation. Similarly, Jack Dorsey discussed the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast, focusing on its perspective on meditation and human self-awareness. On the same podcast, host Lex Fridman introduced Harari by listing several of his acclaimed works, including this title. Nick Lane also referenced the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast to examine Harari's view of biochemistry as an algorithm that artificial intelligence will eventually be able to hack. On ChooseFI, Brad Barrett described it as a serious and impactful book that he recently read. Steven Bartlett mentioned the book alongside others on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, noting the massive ripple effect they sent through society. Finally, Alexandra Alter discussed the controversies surrounding the Russian translation of the book on The Book Review.
Who recommended it
- Lex Fridman Discussed
- Joe Rogan Recommended
- Alexandra Alter Discussed
- Steven Bartlett Discussed
- Brad Barrett Discussed
- Nick Lane Discussed
Lex Fridman — 2 mentions
“author of several highly acclaimed, highly influential books, including Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.”
“and his in this book 21 boilin lessons for the 21st century”
Joe Rogan — 2 mentions
“one of the big one is you've all know a herati has a great book 21 lessons for the 21st century I really I read that it's great”
“I was reading something about people actually it might have been in that This the book that I was just telling you about, Yuval Noah Harari. Harari, yeah, 21st century. Yeah, I always say that guy's name wrong. It's a tricky name. Yuval Noah Harari. Yeah, 21 lessons for 21st century.”
Alexandra Alter — 1 mention
“and this was a translation of his recent book 21 lessons for the 21st century in Russian”
Steven Bartlett — 1 mention
“I have three of your books here and these are three books that sent a huge tidal wave, a ripple through society.”
Brad Barrett — 1 mention
“and the final book I would say uh more serious book was 21 lessons for the 21st century by Yuval Noah herreri”
Nick Lane — 1 mention
“But I'd like to throw something else at you, which troubles me on reading it, Noah Harari's book "21 Lessons for the 21st Century." And he's written about this kind of thing on various occasions. And he sees biochemistry as an algorithm, and then AI will necessarily be able to hack that algorithm”